APRÈS VOUS MADAME – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: GIMS, Soolking
• Album: LDVM

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

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La ville scintille au loin dans la nuit

The city sparkles in the distance at night

On arrive massifs, RS6 fait du bruit

We arrive in masses, RS6 makes noise

Les talents paniquent, alors ça que ça grippe

The talents panic, that's when it gets tense

C'est c'qui arrive quand on arrive en ville

That's what happens when we arrive in town

Après vous, madame

After you, madam

Ouais, après vous, madame

Yeah, after you, madam

De toute façon, moi, j'suis toujours là

Anyway, I'm always here

Ouais, j'suis là tous les soirs

Yeah, I'm here every night

Avec 2, 3 fêtards

With 2 or 3 partygoers

On refait l'monde dans un RS3

We recreate the world in an RS3

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po (hey)

Po, po, po (hey)

Eh, avant d'penser à aller chiller (unh, unh)

Hey, before thinking about chilling (unh, unh)

Vas-y, fais rentrer les billets (mmh, mmh)

Go ahead, bring in the bills (mmh, mmh)

Ouais, fais rentrer les billets violets, verts, orange, bleu, turquoise

Yeah, bring in the purple, green, orange, blue, turquoise bills

Le jean, il est déchiré (déchiré)

The jeans are torn (torn)

Une allure un peu givrée (givrée)

A slightly frosty look (frosty)

J'envahis ton cœur, tes pensées

I invade your heart, your thoughts

Mais là, j'vois qu'y a du monde dans l'rétro

But now, I see there's a crowd in the rearview

Y a du monde dans l'rétro

There's a crowd in the rearview

J'vois qu'y a du monde dans l'rétro

I see there's a crowd in the rearview

J'suis concentré sur autre chose

I'm focused on something else

La ville scintille au loin dans la nuit

The city sparkles in the distance at night

On arrive massifs RS6 fait du bruit

We arrive in masses, RS6 makes noise

Les talents paniquent, alors ça que ça grippe

The talents panic, that's when it gets tense

C'est c'qui arrive quand on arrive en ville

That's what happens when we arrive in town

Après vous, madame

After you, madam

Ouais, après vous, madame

Yeah, after you, madam

De toute façon, moi, j'suis toujours là

Anyway, I'm always here

Ouais, j'suis là tous les soirs

Yeah, I'm here every night

Avec 2, 3 fêtards

With 2 or 3 partygoers

On refait l'monde dans un RS3

We recreate the world in an RS3

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po

Po, po, po

Ouah habibi, qué tal

Wow habibi, how are you?

Est-ce que t'es une fêtarde? (Non)

Are you a party girl? (No)

Tu veux que je pose les tals? (Ah ouais?)

Do you want me to lay down the vibes? (Oh yeah?)

Et sous tes pieds, les pétales, ouais, ouais

And under your feet, the petals, yeah, yeah

Ah là, c'est sale, quand il y a tous mes shabs

Ah there, it's wild, when all my friends are around

On fait tiser l'marchand d'sable

We make the sand merchant drink

Et on t'invite à notre table, ouais, ouais

And we invite you to our table, yeah, yeah

Ça va trop vite, quand les bouteilles se vident

It goes too fast, when the bottles empty

On va rester polis, n'appelez pas la police

We'll stay polite, don't call the police

Ça va trop vite, quand les bouteilles se vident

It goes too fast, when the bottles empty

On va rester polis, n'appelez pas la police

We'll stay polite, don't call the police

La ville scintille au loin dans la nuit

The city sparkles in the distance at night

On arrive massifs, RS6 fait du bruit

We arrive in masses, RS6 makes noise

Les talents paniquent, alors ça que ça grippe

The talents panic, that's when it gets tense

C'est c'qui arrive quand on arrive en ville

That's what happens when we arrive in town

Après vous, madame

After you, madam

Ouais, après vous, madame

Yeah, after you, madam

De toute façon, moi, j'suis toujours là

Anyway, I'm always here

Ouais, j'suis là tous les soirs

Yeah, I'm here every night

Avec 2, 3 fêtards

With 2 or 3 partygoers

On refait l'monde dans un RS3

We recreate the world in an RS3

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po, po, po

Po, po, po

Po, po, po

On veut la dolce vita, la dolce vita, la dolce vita, la dolce vita

We want the dolce vita, the dolce vita, the dolce vita, the dolce vita

On veut la dolce vita, la dolce vita, la dolce vita, j'veux la dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po)

We want the dolce vita, the dolce vita, the dolce vita, I want the dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po)

La dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po), la dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po)

The dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po), the dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po)

La dolce vita (po, po, po), la dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po)

The dolce vita (po, po, po), the dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po)

La dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po), la dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po) la dolce vita (po, po, po)

The dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po), the dolce vita (po, po, po, po, po) the dolce vita (po, po, po)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ville /vil/ A2	noun - city
scintille /sɛ̃tij/ C1	verb - to sparkle
nuit /nɥi/ A2	noun - night
arrive /aʁiv/ A2	verb - to arrive
massifs /masif/ C1	adjective - massive, large noun - massifs (mountain massifs)
bruit /bʁɥi/ A2	noun - noise
talent /talɑ̃/ B1	noun - talent, skill
paniquent /pa.nik/ C2	verb - to panic, to become scared
brigue /gʁɛp/ C1	verb - to get stuck, to jam (colloquial)
magasin /maɡazɛ̃/ A2	noun - shop, store
table /tabl/ A1	noun - table (furniture)
pétale /petal/ B2	noun - petal (flower part)
sale /sal/ A2	adjective - dirty
marchand /maʁ ʃɑ̃/ B2	noun - merchant, trader

Key Grammar Structures

• On arrive massifs, RS6 fait du bruit

  ➔ Use of the present tense to describe an action happening now

  ➔ The verb "arrive" in "On arrive" is in the present tense, indicating an action happening in the current moment.

• Après vous, madame

  ➔ Use of the preposition "après" to indicate sequence or following in time

  ➔ The preposition "après" means "after" and indicates the sequence in time or social context.

• On veut la dolce vita

  ➔ Use of the verb "vouloir" in present tense to express desire

  ➔ The verb "veut" is the third person singular present tense of "vouloir", meaning "to want".

• Y a du monde dans l'rétro

  ➔ Use of the expression "Y a" as an informal way to say "there is" or "there are"

  ➔ "Y a" is an informal contraction of "il y a" meaning "there is" or "there are".

• On refait l'monde dans un RS3

  ➔ Use of causative "refait" (refaire) in the present tense to indicate redoing or recreating something

  ➔ The verb "refait" is the first person singular or third person singular form of "refaire" in the present tense, meaning "to remake" or "to do again".

• On veut la dolce vita

  ➔ Use of the verb "vouloir" in the present tense to express desire or intent

  ➔ "Veut" is the third person singular of "vouloir" in the present tense, meaning "wants".

• Po, po, po, po, po

  ➔ Repetition of syllables for rhythmic or lyrical effect, common in music lyrics

  ➔ Repetition of "po" serves as a rhythmic device to enhance the musical flow.